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Uganda says 54 peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

Ugandan troops make up part of the African Union force in Somalia.

KAMPALA: Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists.

"We discovered the lifeless bodies of 54 fallen soldiers, including a commander," Museveni said in a post on his official Twitter account late Saturday.

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